05 April 2016

COAST TO COAST ...

COAST TO COAST: new year's poem 
© Farouk Asvat 

Little birds fly in silhouette
Dirty oranges splash across the evening sky
Diamonds glitter on distant black hills
As the grey sea leisurely splashes
Against the rocks at my feet
Here at Club Mykonos
In the Cape of Good Hope

     It is time

          My thoughts sail
          In a little fishermen's boat
          Slowly disappearing over the horizon
          Across the oceans
          To a pier in San Francisco Bay
          Where a saddened smile greets me
          Every morning on a futon
          Linking the trauma of the past
          With the happiness of a love
          That is so far away

© farouk asvat

composed: 04.01.1994 [club mykonos, cape west coast, south africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:
Coast To Coast was previously published in:
     Goodreads (usa, 17.05.2012, June 2012);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p71, 2015).
[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
___________________________________________________________________________  
© farouk asvat.  All rights reserved.
Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing, photocopying, or via any computerised means or media, including the internet.  This publication shall also not be stored in a retrieval system.  And the writing shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published,
without the prior permission of the author in writing.
Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.
Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,
is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of Love by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: in paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

#love #literature #fiction #novel #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books #classics
#faroukasvat #weapons #of #words #comparative #literature #literary #criticism
#i #dream #in #long #sentences #coast #to #coast


No comments:

Post a Comment